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robalo
[ rob-uh-loh, roh-buh-, roh-bah-loh ]
noun
plural (especially collectively) robalo, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) robalos.
robalo
/ ˈrɒbəˌləʊ; ˈrəʊ- /
noun
- any percoid fish of the family Centropomidae , occurring in warm and tropical (mostly marine) waters. Some of the larger species, such as the snooks, are important food fishes and many of the smaller ones are aquarium fishes
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Word History and Origins
Origin of robalo1
Borrowed into English from Portuguese around 1885–90
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Word History and Origins
Origin of robalo1
Spanish, probably changed from lobaro (unattested), from lobo wolf, from Latin lupus
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